Building construction



W. J. PEDERSEN.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

y APPLICATION4 FILED JUNE 21,1919.

Patented Nov. 22', 1921.

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l N :I :l =J e! hva' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed June 21,

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, WALDEMAR J. FEDER- snN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Floral Park, county of Nassau, Long Island, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Building Construction, of which the followin@ is a specification.

Wy invention relates to the construction of houses in which the frame, which may be of wood, iron or other material, is produced in a factory in quantity, and in required shapes and sizes, shipped to the locality where the houses are to be erected, and there provided with an enveloping casing of cement or other similar material.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the erection and decrease the cost of buildings which may be constructed in accordance with the general plan involved.

rlChe accompanying drawings will serve to illustrate my invention, in which Figure 1 is ageneral perspective view of three parts of a building, z'. e., the ioor beams, side wall construction, and front wall construction, the two latter shown as lying in horizontal position before erection, to form the front and side of a building.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section illustrative of a platform carrying a body of cement, and a. frame carrying on one side a wire covering, and intended to illustrate the method by which the frame, wire and the cement are brought into relation before being set in position as part of the building.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a section forming the front of a building anda section forming one side of a building, and Yin the relation which these parts will occupy when erected and secured together, and also showing a door and a window in position.

Fig. t is a section on the line IV-IV of Fig. 3, and illustrates the relation of the door frame, door cap and sill to the front section of the building.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of two sections and floor beams, showing the method by which the sections are joined together at the corners.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating the general construction of the framing, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

latentedNov.` 22, 1921.

1919. Serial No. 305,873.

wire covering, cement covering and the lathing of a section of a building.

Fig. 7 is a similar perspective view showing a modification.

Referring to the drawings. 5 represents the foundation walls which may be formed of cement.v 6 6, sills embedded n the foundation walls. 7, floor beams. The floor beams are shown as cut away at 8 to carry the door sill 9, Fig. el. All the sections, as for instance the front section A, side sections B, are formed in a similar manner, conforming in shape to the particular loca.- tion in which they are to lbe placed in the building.

Referring to Fig. 5. 10 indicates vertical frame members; 11, transverse members. Preferably these members are spaced substantially as shown, but the spacing may be modified as desired. The vertical end members ofthe front section A are-provided with threaded bolts 12, adapted to be inserted in openings 13 in the vertical end members of the side section B, and the parts fastened together by means of nuts 14. The method of fastening the front section A and side sections B together, is immaterial, and may be modified from that shown. Any means, by reason of which the sections are held firmly together, will be within the intent of my invention.

Secured to the front of the vertical members 10 and transverse members 11, is a wire netting 15. On the front of this wire netting is a plastic coating 16. The interior finish may be by means of lath and plaster, the lath being shown at 17, or any other finish may be used, as desired.

In Fig. 7 a modification is shown, the construction being the same as that shown in Fig. 6, with the exception that a partition 1S is located between the inner surface of the wire netting 15 and the inner finish or covering, `as for instance the lathing 17; This partition is shown as arranged in slots 19 located in the vertical uprights 20. The particular method of introducing or holding the partition is immaterial. The object of the partition is to provide an extra air space between the outer covering and the inner nish. In Fig. 6, one air space C is shown, and in Fig. 7, two spaces D and E and window are placed in position, bent over'thel frame and manner.

The method of applying the plastic covering to the sections, whatever be their-shape or size (and this feature l consider as entirely novel with me) consists in providing a platform I (F ig. 2) with a horizontal surface. The surface may be plain, or it may secured in any suitable `be formed to represent bricks, or have any lornamental design made therein or thereon, as generally indicated at J, Fig. 3. Upon this platform is poured a body of plastic material 16, and when in the proper. state, that is, siiiiiciently set but not hard,'a section, such as Aor B, carrying a wire covering 15, is laid on top of the plastic material and slightly pressed into the plastic material, so that suoli material passes through the openings in thewire netting :tor a certain distance, the distancedependingiipon the thickness of the plastic material applied, the object being to form a close union Vbetween the netting and the plastic material. Then the plastic material has set on the wire covering of a section, such as B, the Vframe or section is in a condition toV be placed in position and secured to the next adjacent section. ln practice l findV this Vmethod of applying'a plastic covering very cheap and very satisfactory, very much more so than is the case where the plastic material is applied in the ordinary manner, by hand or a vcement gun. Y

It will be obvious, without iirther description, that the contour of the face of the sections shown in the drawing may be plain, as shown inthe drawings, grooved, formed with angles or embellished in any wise, the wire covering being correspondingly shaped,

andV of course the platform, by reason of which the plastic material can be applied to the wire netting, similarly shaped.

Having thus described my invention, I

ting into the body of plastic material before the frame sections are placed in position to form the walls of a building.

2. The method of building described,which consists in making frame sections,.covering siich sections on one side with a wire netting, and applying a plastic decorative coating to the wire netting by forcing the wire netting linto the body of plastic material lbetore the frame sections are placed in position to form the walls of a building.

3. rIhe method of building described, which consistsy in making frame sections, covering such sections on-one side with a wire netting; thenforming a bed of plastic material; then forcing-the wire netting and frame into the bed of plastic material;

then placing the frame sections in Vposition Vat the time of forming the walls of the building. Y

4. The method of building described, which consists infmaking trame sections, covering such sections -on one sideivith a wireV netting; forming a horizontally disposed bed oi' plastic material; then forcing the wire netting and frame into the bed of plastic material; then removing the vframe and plastic material, when dried, from the bed and placing in position.V V

5. In a building construction, the combination oi' a frame consisting oi' vertically disposed members, vhorizontally disposed membersa wire netting and plastic material covering one side of the wire netting,

Van interior finish applied to the members opposite to the Jface upon which the wire netting is applied, and aY partition interposed between the wire netting andthe interior finish, whereby multiple air spaces are provided in the walls of the frame.

In testimony whereof, l ahix my signature.

lVALDEMAR J. PEDERSEN. 

